PRESSED ON TRANSLUCENT GREEN VINYL

Syl Johnson has been sampled in countless hip-hop songs over the years and most notably the single “Different Strokes” has been chopped up and looped by Kool G Rap, Public Enemy, BDP, Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul, J Dilla and Madlib to name few.

Syl Johnsons first LP hit stores in the summer of 1969. True to its era, it wasnt so much an album as a collection of singles. The four non-single tracks (Soul Drippin, Fox Hunting On The Weekend, Same Kind Of Thing, and Ive Got The Real Thingnone of them a throwaway) were outtakes tacked on to capitalize on the expanding long-player market. Prolific designer and photographer Jerry Griffith shot the cover on a South Michigan Avenue buildings balcony. Despite blaring its title in Christmas-y, green-and-red cover lettering, Dresses Too Short never found its season creatively or commercially, selling just a few thousand copies before being discontinued in the mid 70s.

Tracklist:

A1 Dresses Too Short
A2 I Can Take Care Of Business
A3 Different Strokes
A4 Soul Drippin’
A5 Fox Hunting On The Weekend
A6 Ode To Soul Man
B1 Come On Sock It To Me
B2 I’ll Take Those Skinny Legs
B3 Try Me #2
B4 Same Kind Of Thing
B5 I’ve Got The Real Thing
B6 Sorry ‘Bout Dat!